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The target was School Superintendent Benjamin C. Willis, 61, who has long resisted Negro pressure, exerted through the board of education, to take drastic measures to mitigate segregation. Early in October, protesting that the board was moving into his area of authority, he resigned.
By this unyielding stand, Ben Willis confirmed himself as the symbol of the position that the job of the schools is education, not breaking down de facto segregation. In telegrams to the school board and by packing public meetings of the board, white homeowners backed Willis. Businessmen and educators chimed...
The speech by Rep. Edwin E. Willis originally scheduled for Friday has been cancelled. Rep. Willis was to speak at the Law School Forum on "The Future of the House Un-American Activities Committee."
The tension between the Chicago school board and its skilled but stubborn Superintendent Benjamin C. Willis had been building for months. Last week it was Willis who snapped, turning in his resignation after ten years of efficient, scandal-free school-building service. For Willis, 61, it was no easy decision...
Willis was a not-so-innocent victim of an emotional controversy over de facto school segregation. Chicago's board insisted that something had to be done about the problem. The egotistic Willis refused to admit that there was any problem. He ignored board orders to speed up the transfer...